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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS A small tract, entitled " The Political Aspect end Statis•ical Account of Popery, by the Editor of the Church of England Quarterly Re%iew," has recently boen trans mitted to us by the publisher, with the liavv, we presume, of obtsining our humble opinion of it. The perio.licsl, -which the respectable writer superintends, occups74l important place am mg Church publications, Is conducted both with spirit and judgment. Oftener than once we Lave had occasion to speak of its earlier numbers with rip- Trobation ; and although our notices were necessarily con fined to such of its discussions as harmonize wore immedi ately with our own labours, its superiority on other topics is, we think, of a still higher grade, especially on theology, cclesiastical antiquities, end general criticism, in all of 'which departments it. has presented articles that force it into stAvai.tageons csmparison with the oldest anal ablest el us ...ompetitors. Nor has our original estimate of its in; ri!s Is"en otherwise than ratified and raised by each of its sus cessive appearances. With respect to the present pamphl,t, notwithstanding the haste and heat with which it hag evidently been written, it exhibits within the compass of sixteen small pages a sketch of all the legislative conces sions that have been made to the Papists from 177 S down wards—shows, that instead of producing tranquillity in Ireland, these eancePssons have only occationed an increase of insolent demao•', s , and an almost universal infraction of existing laws- -quotes Lord Grey's memorable ackncw ledgment, t'uat the effects of the Emancipation Act had utterly t'ssappointed him—subjoins a tabular detail of the compe rative state of crime in Ireland under Tory and Whig Adrainistrations—proves that in 1830 the committals this dr s r a Conservative Government were only 15,749, whereas in 1837, a period of Alulgrave tranquillity, they amounted to '27,396—exposes the machinations of O'Connell and the Priests, not only for the entire subversion of Pratestaini-m in their own country, but for this extension of the l'o pish superstition on this side of the Channel, and winds up all with a stirring apreul to the Church of England to maintain hes ground and resist the incursion; of the ad •ersary. Ot cuur:se, drugged as we daily are with the cvi 'knees of Ptivish rapacity and bad faith, it is not to he expectsA that the preceding topics can present to ouir ere any very novel charms, or afford much room for qsriginality in the mode of treating them. But, to Protestant and patriotic readers less familiar with such 'matters than ourselves, they cannot fail to be deeply in- teresting both in a religious and in a political point of view. The pamphlet; we own, might have been more to our taste than it actually is. With greater precision and consecu tiveness, and with somewhat of less declamatory invective, it would have commanded a heartiness of assent which in its present form it may probably fail to obtain, but which it really does not deserve to como short of, Its usefulness, too, may peshaps be injured by one or two statements about " kietermined Jesuits," the " destinies of empires," and th e power of the Radical " Press," which appear to be extravagant, if not unintelligible. The worthy writer's generous and well-founded enthusiasm has hurried him into a warmth of expression which, amidst the rapidity of his transitions, the unexcited reader is not always prepared for. Notwithstanding these abatements, however, the tract has many redeeming points. It is written in a truly British spirit—ardent, frank, honest, and fearless. The following facts are per:laps not generally known. At the formation of the " Roman Catholic Institute of Great Britain," which took place in London last February, the subjoined resolutions, moved by Mr. O'Connell, were una nimously ad opte d " 1. The creation of a fund by means of small contribu tions, collected generally from the (Roman) Catholics of Great Britain. " 2. The fund to be applied, by the management, and un der the direction and complete control of the said Prelates, to the erection of Chapels, wherever they may judge such edifices to be necessary. " 3. The fund to be 'used also in printing and cirenlating throughout the country, in a cheap form, ( Roman) Catholic publications of P . . 1 approved and authorized character. ". 4. In f;rming local societies for the purpose of di st' i buttng sn,all tracts, and of lending religious books to all per sons.w'do may feel a d es i re t o b e come acquainted w i t h ( Ro mar ) Catholic doctrines. "5. In encountering, expeditiously, through the medium of the political press, hostile attacks of every description, from whatever quarter they may emanate. 14 6. In se cur i ng to (Roman) C at h o li c sa il ors, soldiers, prisoners, invalids in hospitals, and to the poor in the work houses, the religious right to which they are by law entitled, and the consolations which they can derive from well-selected books. " 7. In establi:.saing, if the (Roman) Catholic Prelates should deem it expedient, provision for (Roman) Catholic lectures, to be delivered in the Metropolis, by Clergymen ex pressly appointed for that purpose. " 8 . In affording all possible aid to the (Roman) Catholic charity schools throughout the country." Viere we have a new college " De propaganda," ori ginated at our very doors, on behalf of which we should la ot be at all surprised to see a grant of money issuing from her Majesty's Treasury. The Popish Bishops of Ireland have lately applied for an additional endowment towards supplying an alleged deficiency in their means of eccle siastical education. Will the Whigs appoint a Commis sion to inquire into the reality and extent of that defi ciency, as they did in the case of the Church of Scotland ? Will the Scotch Seceders and Independents petition against it, or instruct Dr. Wardlaw to oppose it, when he comes to town to deliver his promised lectures condem natory of Government grants in favour of religion ? Will the United Burghers send Mr. Adam Thomson on an other of his fav ourite trips, to deprecate that State-encou ragement iss-the case of Papists which they have striven to withhold from their own Protestant Establishment? Come, Reverend Sirs, no wincing here ! You shall drink the cup of gall which yourselves have mingled. Despatch your petitions and deputations immediately, or prepare to be universally scorned for your hypocritical rottenness and infamy. A perusal of the pamphlet before us would do these people a world of good. We need scarcely add, that we cordially recommend it to general attention. In the concluding part of Mr. O'Connell's third letter to the people of Ireland, which we this day publish, the part more immediate!) , interesting to Englishmen is the strong advice which he gives to his countrymen to avoid, for the present, all connection with the English Radicals now agitating for Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, An nual Parliaments, no Property Qualification, and Payment of Members. Mr. O'Conncll will be allowed, even by his enemies, to be a man of great quickness in reading the signs of the times. Our readers may be assured that he would not cast off the English Radicals if he thought the objects which he has at heart would be promoted by an alliance with them. But he sees distinctly that the al liance of the Engii,h Radicals would be a sourc.i of weak. tiess End not of s• rr neah to the Irish, and he assigns his reasons for having arrived at that conclusion. Mr. O'Coon-11 has not been slow to perceive that, whatever the improvement in the working classes of late years may have been (and we are far from denying any improvement), the conceit of most of those who take upon themselves the character of leaders of their classes is the most marked feature in their character. He says the English Radicals have no fixed plan, and have no skilful or well-trained leaders, men in whom the Irish could have any confidence ; and, alluling to Oasller anti his associates (the only persons who seem to have any weight with the universal suffrage men), he says, " Oastler and his men we wi I have nothing to do with, nor shall we ever combine kith those who talk of arming end of using physical f orce , or of sheddin; human blood." He s p ea k s with kindn ess of Mr. Alticood of Birmingham, but does not think Lim a safe political guide. It were easy to discover in the cir cum tances of this country sufficient reasons for the failure of all the plans of the British Radicals. No change was ever effected in the institutions of any country by the mere maws. Whoa changes are called for, the in tinct of persons possessed of property (and the ,presumption is that intelligence is on the side of property) leads them to place themselves at the head of the movement to direst it to a safe eed. The Reform Bill wag carried, and only carried, because the persons of property rallied round the Reform Ministry, Th e English Radicals are not aware that mere numbers, without the count trance of men of property and intelligence, ere a mer.: rape of sand. As Mr. O'Connell says, "they meet in large masses one day, and the next they dissolve into individual weakness." Insteed of endeavouring to per suade the influential classes that ao extensien of the su ff rage might be sanely conecded, the weak and con ceited men who figure as their leaders, seem to wish to drive from them by their conduct and language all who an y claim to respectability. Ileece, most persons will (Link that Mr. O'Connell has good reivon for bein g "dts=atisficcl with the temper in which th e English Radicals have c,:nri octc , l their own cause, end also with the manner in;t - 1 e h they Lave managed that c ause , injaring s e 1 of serving the i qacetion of peace and increasin7 Mr. O'Connt-11 think; and strongaletjog t. s , tring nor numerous when the Eng!ish Radic.:ltsbenireit''n ter and be'icvcs that many of ccmpared with their ePron'-'n t . ,,n of, the Tories. In them are actin under the stigg' ,u O'Connor recog deed Mr. Oaatler, whom Mr. tiied as or.e of their comn:itt goodnote -I.l..tub4ilni(a:v:afn'eotv cats came ;:e ' g s in a ; tYith thr eats a" of blond d cdu:stion. shed, and seeks o off men 0; priopr?"_ The fir n.reatirnoniber of by way of ( is" the working c—bses keep aloof from those who easel. to call themselves, tinctioe, the working elas.ses. The system of the aii , t l _ . t r . s i s to G p ra te a delosion as to their number. The , p yard meeting was a failure in every other retpect than dint of opering the eyes of reflectiee men to tke desiges of tie leadera of the agitation. The numbers assembled were really nothing in a metropolis of two millions, Not withstanding the poreiree.3 statements of Messrs. Flaser and Pe!lean, at Polace-yard, of the num bers is Mcoiland (and, to hear them, one vveuFl. sul;poSe that all the Se( tchmen horn the vita-+..0; ting Fergus to the present day, had risen fr`r.', their graves to swell the ranks of the Sentla adicals) the Scotsman of Welnest;aov last t e lf 3 %,; 5 that the mission last autumn, hy Messrs. Attwood, Muntz, and nthee,r ; propagate the doctrines of the sect, proved tiThiplete failure : " Whq!i2Ver success," says the Scotsman, " might else wtere attend the labours of these apostles of the new faith, their reception here was a complete failure. They profess to appeal to the knowledge of the working classes; and as those of Edinburgh are confessedly among the most intelligent in the kingdom, they no doubt entertained hopes of achieving something great here, and these hopes must have been strength ened by the vapentino Statements or m, sirs. Fraser and Duncan, and probably by their priVate communications. fellure in LiinLttrgh toitttt, therefore, hay._• been double incr. tifying, and hat, Wt suspect, gone pretty far to tn.tre NI S3l S. A ttwnotl, Mon' z, and Co., of their tiAlsslonary zeal." Our northern ContPeapl - itry adds that not one man of the smallest er,l'priy, station, tale: t, or weight of character countenrnced them ; that Messrs. Ayton, Tait, Jamieson, Icept aloof from all comninniewiln with them. As to the qualifications of the men who have been selected as delegates from Scotland, sem, Mort rnav be formed from a fetter from Mr. Duncan pul,lish-d verbatim ct literatim in the Scotsman (which our readers ,ill find in anoiher column). Yet this man Duncan is to enlighten the country by the estab:ishment of a newspaper to be conducted by himself and Mr. Fraser. We trust we shall never be found discouraging any plans for the improvement of the great mass of the people, or abetting any attempts to pre vent talent and virtue in any rank or condition from ham tog its due influenco ; but we must distinguish between real merit and the impudent pretensions to dictation put forth by penons who have no other claim to be leaders of the people than the presumption derived from their not being aware of their own deplorable ignorance.—Morn. Chronicle. Our readers will see by our report of the trials at the Old Bailey this day that the unfortunate young men, Webber and Young—who were sn foolish as to allow them- selves to be drawn in to assist at the fatal and disgraeef duel at Wimbledon—have been found guilty qf the wilful murder qf Alir. Mitfin. This is a sad situation, for young men particularly, to bring themselves into, by their impru dently associating with tavern-hunting and shooting-gallery practitioners. They have, we regret to say, brought them selves into the situation of convicted felons—they have for feited all claim to property and civil rights, and might, if the law remained in the unmitigated ferocity which charac terised it until lately, have been exposed to an ignominious death on the gallows ; but we thank God that such extreme severity cannot now reach their offence, although it is one of a very grave nature ; nevertheless their punish ment will be severe, we understand, as the dignity of the laws which protect human life must be vindicated. We deeply pity these misled young men, and still more their families, who must feel the most poignant anguish et the very distressing circumstances in which they are now placed ; for they, though of what is called respectable con nections and tolerable means, cannot claim, nor will they be allowed, any indulgence different from the most common incarcerated convict ; and it would be considered injustice to the latter if it were othenvise. Yet there were lately coxcombs in the world, who would try to persuade the public that affairs of this kind were honourable, they were indeed called " affairs of honour." Alas ! what a profana tion of that high moral principle. We think, after this exposure and condemnation, that it will be difficult to get any agent foolish enough to attempt a defence of such prac tices, which, in fact, have been of late years confined, with, perhaps, one or two exceptions, to black legs, drunkards, and libertines of various descriptions, but mostly vulgar, underbred men—mere bragadocios, without education, manners, or discretion, a sort of mock gentle men, a species of swaggerers, who, as Swift says, often go fine and brave only to play the knave. These sort of folks will now have to calculate upon the chances of being placed amongst the poorer felons upon a chain gang, or road party, as a wind-up to their aspirations after the honourable distinction of having " shot their man" in a duello. All this species of the mock-fashionable practice alluded to will now, no doubt, be looked after with consi derable vigilance by the police and the magistracy. If the thing were connected with manly courage in any way, even that would not be an excuse for breaking through the laws of the country ; but such is far from being the case. The bravest officers in the British service have been most remarkable for never having put their own lives or those of others in jeopardy by their private brawls. We may re turn to this subject again, but at present we must close by expressing our commiseration for the unhappy young men who are the victims of parties with whom they never should have formed an intimacy.—Morning Herald. Out of evil sometimes cometh good. We have reason to hope that the execution, some ten or twelve days since, of the unfortunate man named Maslyn, will prove a case in which the remark will be verified. The Devizes Ga zette, the local paper of the place in which the appalling drama was enacted, states, that on the day of the execution upwards of 1,000 persons who had come in from the vici nity to witness the execution, were found to be in a state of beastly intoxication in the various public-houses in the town. Here then is demonstration of the strongest kind of all that we have on various occasions advanced rela tive to the brutalizing effect of public executions on the minds of those who witness such revolting spectacles. With so stubborn a fact staring us in the face, let us be no more told that death-punishments operate as an example to the spectators. Should such an assumption be ever again made, we will not condescend to meet it by argument, but will at once point to the simple fact, that upwards of 1,000 of those who came from the sur rounding country to witness the judicial butchery of Mas lyn by the hands of the public executioner, proceeded from the foot of the gallows to the gin and beer-shops, and there drank until they got themselves into a state of ine briety, which rendered them a disgrace to human nature. The stern logic of so plain a fact is not to be resisted ; it is worth a whole volume of philosophical argument. But the advocates of the gallows will hardly, we think, be again in haste to urge, in defence of their principles, the salutary effect produced by executions on the minds of the spec tators. If they do, we shall then be compelled to doubt their honesty as much as we now quarrel with the sound ness of their philosophy. It is a question of serious, nay, of awful importance, whether the Legislature, in addition to the guilt of taking away, in the case of malefactors, that life which he only who gave it had a right to withdraw, are not chargeable with being indirectly the authors of many of tose murders, and others atrocities, which have from time to time been committed in this country. It is proved beyond all question by the criminal re turns which have been made by Parliament, that most of the murders which have been perpetrated have occurred immediately, or soon after public executions. Nor need we feel surprised, with such an appalling fact before our eyes as that of the 1,000 people in Devizes getting dead drunk immediately after witnessing the execution of Maslyn. W e put it to the advocates of capital punishments whether the men who could get intoxicated in such circumstances are not, of all others, the most likely to commit any atrocity that might suegest itself to their minds ? Had there been no such execution these men would have remained at their respective homes, or with their respective employers, at tending their usual avocations, instead of spending their money end wasting their time in the alehouse. It is to he hoped that none of their number will ever commit any cr:rue which will bring them to a disgraceful end ; but such a contingency as just remarked, is much more uro h .ble now than it was before witne:sing the execution of a fellow-being, and then spending the day in scenes of drunkenneFs and debauchery. This much we bold to be cs•rtain—i hat such persons must be much worse mem. hers of society than they ever were before.-111Jrniej Advertise Bell's Life in London of Sunday, September 23d, volt c o n t a i n - t h e most correct particulars o f the Doncastere R ices, with a portrait of the winner of the St. Leger. I'h publicati on o f t h e country edition t f Bell's Lye in L ondon will in future commence on Saturday noon, at twelve o'clock, by which arrangement the papers can be forwarded by the two o'clock trains, and delivered in Birmingham the came evening. Life in London of Sunday last, September 16, with the engraving of the splendid Doncaster Cup, may yet he had at the office, No. 170, Strand. The price of Bell's Life in Londo n is only Fivepence, and is now the largest folio Journal printed in London. A DROLL. IDEA.—Benjamin Wetberall, Esq., of Lincoln (the father of a lady of high rank in this island), has b..en for many years an invalid, and spent the last thirty years of his life chiefly on a sofa. His diiease kept him awake hight ar.d clay ; and being a ma, of a placid temper, and de voted to animals of every kind, he sp-nt much of his time in rearing them. Amongst 0 - ese that he part'cularly paironhed were to be found the finest spuri.nens of monkeys, hedgehogs, and the various breed of birds. Ii happened one year that one of his cropper pigeons, during incuba , ion, rejected one of its eggs; but the alnta mato r, det..rtrening that no part of the progeny of his favourite Fanny should be frustrated, resolved to rear the egg himself. He accor.lingly took it into his own bosom, wrapped it up in flannel, and turned it night and day, watching over it with a mother's care. At length the event. fdl pNied arrived when the Lathery wonder was to be ushered in:o the wo Id. It tapped at firs: lightly at the shell, and it; beak was soon peeping through the opening that it made. It was fed at first by sir. Wetherall with bread and wa - er from his mouth, and it throve famously. The only peculiarity of the animal was that its 1-gs were a little bowed, so that its c l aws were turned inward. It is mentioned by Herodotus hat t-he Egyptians reared their ergs chilly by heated ovens, of which the temperature was equally maintained ; but care ; or the vitality o f the oven he d e p en d e d on as must b , e n t l a v k il e i n so t o o n t f u a r i t i t . the es f f . r ke e t ri s u-... m r, a tl y y aut h en tic —we have them from an undoubted source.— Gueliesey Sun. FROM LAST NtGUIT'S GAZETTE. WA R- OFFICE, SEPTE3II37.IC 21, 1835'. 33 Regiment of Dr! goon Guard-2--Cornet I. R. Warner to be Adjltant, vice Ma tin. he rt.tsigns the Adjutantcy only, Sept. 21. 59tit Ptlo'lent of Foot—Lieut. S. H. Murray, from the 92d legiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Petley, who exchanges; W. H. Rathborne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant, who retires, Sept. 21. 524 Foot—C. G. Fountaine, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pakenham, promoted in the 7th Foot., Sept. 21. 81st Foot—Sergeant-Major J. Oldright to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lake, deceased, Sept. 21. 90th Fo•t—Lieut. G. D. Bowyer t• be Captain. by purchase, vice Owen, who retires ; Ensign Lord J. Beresford to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Bowyer, Sept. 21; Ensign and Adjutant C. M. Chester to have the rank of Lieutenant, Sept. 22; J. B. \Voollcombe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Tice Lord J. Be resford, Sept. 21. 924 Foot.—Lieutcnant R. Petlev, from the 50th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Murray, who exclAnges, Sept. 21. Commssion by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kent. West Kent Squadron of Yeomanry Cavalry—Sir E. Filmer, Bart., to be Supernumerary-Lieutenant, without pay, Sept. 17. BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 26th June to the 18th September, 15.38, both inclusive, pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 W. IV., cap 98. lAA BILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation ... £19,665,000 i Securities £2.2,846,000 Deposits .. 10,040,000 J Bullion £29,705,000 I Downing-street, Sept. 21, ltia £32,461,000 BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOHN MASON, corn-merchant, Boston, Lincolnshire, BANKRUPTS. ELLIOT LEWIS AARONS, oil-merchant, St. James's-place, Alclgate, to surrender Oct. 3. and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards. Frederick-place, Old Jewry, official assignee ; Heathcote and Holman, Coleman-street. RICHARD LEWIS, mercer, Holyhead, Oct. 9, and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Sale, Man chester ; Raxters, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. JAMES BOWN, builder, Melcombe Regis, Oct. 1, at one, at the Antelope Inn, Dorchester, and Nov. 2, at twelve, at the Golden Lion Inn, Weymouth. Phillips, Melcombe Regis; Rae yard, South-square, Gray's Inn, London. JOSEPH FAULDING, victualler, Worcester, Oct. 4 and Nov. 2, at twelve, at the Hop Market Inn, Worcester. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London ; Finch and Jones, Worcester. JOHN SOPER and CHARLES WATTS, ironmongers, Brighton, Sept. 29, and Nov. 2, at one, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Kennett, Brighton; Clarke and Medcalfe, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. DIVIDENDS. J. Llewellyn, draper, Carmarthen, Nor. 1. at ten, at the Boar's Head Inn, Carmarthen. J. Harris, timber merchant, Carmarthen, Nov. 29, at ten, at the Boar's Head Inn, Carmarthen. S. Whitehead, cotton spinner, Chorley, Lancashire, Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Hotel, Blackburn. W. Burge, tanner, Wareham, Dorsetshire, Oct. 13, at the Lon don Tavern, Poole. R. Rose, cheese factor, Devises, Oct. 15, at twelve, at the Black Bear Inn, Devizes. E. Hainsworth, cloth manufacturer, Stanningley, Yorkshire, Oct. 20, at twelve, at the Court House, Leeds. G. Andrews, wool stapler, Sturminster Marshall, Dorsetshire, Oct. 23, at eleven, at the Greyhound Inn, Blandford Forum. 'l'. Banks, valentia. manufacturer, Greta Mill, near Keswick, Cumberland, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Globe Inn Cockermouth. J. Honey, linendraper, Redruth, Cornwall, Oct. 22, at one, at Pearce's Royal Hotel, Falmouth. W. Mather and Co., ironfounders, Manchester, Nov. 2, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. T. and J. B. Steel, cotton spinners, Stockport, Oct. 15, at twelve, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, OCT. HE J. Turley, ironmastsr, Bradley New Iron Works, Bilston, Staf• f.rdshire. R. W. Rushforth, merchant, Manchester. A. Lees, cotton spinner, Gorton, Lancashire. B. Ware, cheesemonger, Great Tower-street, London. J. Dadd, grocer, Margate. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Wilkinson, T. Fletcher, and J. Davison, drapers, Whitby Yorkshire. J. Wells and J. A. Hall, fancy fringe manufacturers, Rathbone place. B. Robinson and J. M. Robinson, chemists, Beverley,Yorkshire. W. Day and C. Day, auctioneers, Bishopsgate-street-within. J. Smith and J. Lat ham, cotton-spinners, Manchester. R. Steele and C. B. Harris, tea-dealers, Nicholas-lane. R. Griffiths and J. Bettridge, builders, Birmingham. J. Crossley, F. Jennings, and J. Renshaw, silk manufacturers, Manchester. T. Buck and T. Watson, chemists, Kennington-cross. H. Duncan, J. M'Diarmid, and W. Gordon, printers, Dumfries. J. Rose and J. Longton, millers, Much Woolton, Lancashire. J. Rose and T. Willacy, millers, St. Helens, Lancashire. J. D. Scott and C. M. Soutter, anchorsmiths, Lower Shadwell. J. Pearse and G. Clibbett, ironmongers, Tavistock. G. M. Young and W. E. Luxmore, silversmiths, St. Martin's lane. R. and W. 0. Corke, linen-drapers, Hastings. J. W. Wood and E. Challinor, earthenware manufacturers Burslem, Staffordshire. H. Skinner, J. H. Skinner, and C. J. Skinner, tobacconists ; Strand, (so far as regards C. J. Skinner.) W. Gill, Elizth. Gill, and T. Green, farmers, Kidderminster. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. WILLIAM MORTON, merchant, Dundee, Sept. 24 and Oct. 8, at one, at Wallace's Royal Hotel, Dundee. ALEXANDER MACKINTOSH, timber merchant, Camp belltown, Inverness-shire, Sept. 26 and Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Inverness. THE SWELL MOB AND THE TRIM , BLE-RIG MIEN ON BOARD A STEAMER. The Isle of Thanet Races, which finished on Thursday ae_ ternoon, were attended by a great number of the thimble and pea-rig men, and a numerous muster of the swell mob thieves, who were very successful in preying on the visitors of Mar gate and Ramsgate, and easing them of their money and watches. Yesterday morning soon after the City of London steamer left Ramsgate harbour it was discovered that many of these fellows were on board, and Captain Corbin, the com mander of the vessel, a well-known and experienced comman der on the station, not having it in his power to remove them immediately, ordered the luggage and carpet. bags of the pas sengers to be covered over with tarpaulins and secured, and at the same time warned the respectable portion of his passen gers not to mix with the fellows in the fore part of the vessel, to which place they were confined. He also caused to be affixed in conspicuous places about the after cabins and the deck a written notice, of which the following is a copy " The passengers are earnestly requested to look after their property and luggage (particularly on the arrival of the ves sel at London Bridge Wharf), as the Captain cannot be answerable for the honesty of those persons in the fore part of the vessel who h ave j ust l e f t the races. " The light fingered gentry were evidently disconcerted at these precau tions—they cast many a wistful glance toward the fobs and pockets of the gentlemen and the reticules of the ladies, but They could do no b us i ness ; an d after the who l e gang , the wataful eyes of th e capta i n an d two men new upon them. about 40 in number, had " muttere d curses not lou d b ut d e ep" . at Captain Corbi n an d hi s crew, they left the dec k , d ec laring they would never patronise the City of London again. During the remaind er o f t h e voyage the rogues amused themse l ve s in the fore.cabin at cards, and a quarrel took place among them near the Note ligho ; but a hint having been given that they would be put ceer the ship's side into boats on the open sea if they made the least noise, they became very quiet. On the arrival of th e steamer at L on d on- b r id ge-w h arf, the ru ffi a ns and thieves on b oar d en d eavoured to land without paling their fares, and s wore most vehemently that they had already pad and lost th e i r t i c k ets. Th e captain, however, kept them back until the oth er passengers were l an d e d , w h en h e too k them out into th e stream, an d moore d hi s vessel of f t h e Custom house. Th is b rought the rascals to their senses, an d t h ey w ere not only compelled to pay the fare, but also to engage small bloats to convey the m as h ore . Th e p recaut i ons adopted by Captain Corbi n were ren d ere d a b so l ute l y necessary , as a gang of thieves, a few days since, on their way to Th met Races in a steamer, e - mmitted several daring robberies, and carried off some luggage belon;ing to ether passengers at the period of debarkation. ----= The Emperor of Russia left Weimar on the 6th, and drove several miles on the road to Erfurt, to meet his el dest son, the Grand Duke Alexander, whom, on his return, he presented to the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar. " THERE IS NO ACCOUNTING YOH TASTII."—A young man, an agriculturist, born and bred within a mile of the sound of the Kington Bells, called one day lately on a respectible joiner of Kington, and gave orders that his corpo is al frame might b.! measured, length and breadth, as he was desirous of having his csffin made instanter! The wooden s urtout manufacturer, rather hesitated, alleging that it was contrary to his usual practics to take the dimensions of lining subjects, but this suggestion, or remonstrance, was un heeded, and according to directions this article of furniture was completed under the constant inspection of the customer, who gave directions to have a handsome plate attached, with the name, residence, &c, inscribed thereon, a. blank was left of course for the insertion of the age of the eccentric, when he quits this mortal life. Various conjectures have been made es to the use to which the article may be applied durina, the life of the owner; some persons do not hesitate to say that it may be the habitation of spirits, hut whether black, white, or grey, is uncertain. This supposition may arise from the fact that the possessor is a devotee of Bacehus.—fiereford Times. The tessellated Roman pavement lately dis covere d it a field at Whatley, near Frome, continues to be a source of treat attraction, and has been visited by hundreds of persons of all reeks during the past week. It is enclosed by a tempo r.ry crectien, and shown to the public at a trifling charge. The pavement consists of two compartments, one being cir cular, and the other oblong. The inlaid stones are no larger than dice, but of various colours, and forming different de. vices ; in one part may be seen the figure of a King or Q ueen with a sceptre ; and in another, an elephant, with several fishes, vases, flowers, &c. Bones, coins, and a curious clasp knife, have also 'been found, and the workmen are nets em. ployed in tracing what is supposed to have been the founda tion of a Roman villa. One of the coins bears the figures of Romulus and Remus — Wiltshire Independent. Last week five tenements at Stockcross, near New bury, were destroyed by fire, supposed to have been the wilful act of a person of weak intellect, who is in custody. 'Yesterday, at the Police-office, no less than sixty. one persona were p'aced before the Magistrates charged with felony, and ninety-eight with being disorderly—in all 159 per. sons in custody since Saturday night. --Liverpool Standard. The inan Bowes, who was shot a few days since, at Walthamstow, by two Cockney sportbmeo, is much better. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&e. &c. &c LONITY)N, 1.11I1)AY, SEPT. 21 Number Dividend of .rer ihArcs. Annum. Paid 1,706 7 pet cent. A alder Ind 01 , tharn.... A yeraftc UV.. iti , q. th 1.C82. 41. Astiby-de-It-Zotich Average III;.sli 1,260 Barinestoke 1,015 5/. Brocknock .nd Al , ci ~ray rutty 150 . sr. f,00() I -16 sh. 9/ 6s. Birtnir.gbam, 1-10th share ... ....P,lt. & ;11. i 000 ...... ~ Dttto arid L!verpoul Juliet_ o'l/. ph. 111 , pd 600 :31. Bridgew,der and Taunten ....140/. sh. all pd 400 4/. Chelnier and ioackwater . lOO/. sh. 500 481. C wentry :OW. sh. 4.545 Croydon 2,0001 C. os. Dudley 600 14, Derby 100/. sh . 23,000 4 per cent. Oanitne and Mayne :3,5751 ?./. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331.4 k. 231 46. Erevutth , 001. tn. 1,297 2.81. Firth and Clyde Aocrage 400/.`os. eh. 4,000 121. Grand Junctir.: - . 2,349; 11. Grand Union It 414 0, 11.500 Grand surrey 0,,100/. I/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 3.196 Grand % , t' warn 00 13/.125. Pd. GLam , •rganshire, Average cost 172/. 135.41. 231 749 114. Gra, thain 150/. sh. 2 , 3 6,333 21. Os Illulders de Id Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh all pd. 10 5,1•29 11. Si. Kennet i nd Avon, Average 39/. lt4s. 10i. sh 251 2,3971 241. Leeds and Liverpool 10 ,, /. sh. 670 545; 13/. Leicester l4O/. sh. 1; 4 211 1,897 6!. Os. Leicester anal Northampton... Aver , 3/. ills. til 2.400 101. Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 20 150 , 10/. Melton Mowbray 103/. eh. 200 590 251. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 510 3,000 U. 10s. Pt acclettleld 1001. sh all pd. 52 2117 171. Neat h I MI/. sh. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest - A vet.ge about 73/. sh. 104 1,418 HO, Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 10, PAL sh. :6; 5,569 6/. per cent. rochdale Average Mt. sh. l• 9 500 61. Shropshire 1151. sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 151 r, 3,600/. 4; per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. th. ll} 700 40!. Stafford and Worcester IP/. sh. 710 500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. .7..tr4) 300 9!. Stourbridge ..... ~......- . ...... 145/. sh. 330 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. tAI. sh. 40 533 151. Swansea 100/ sh. 1`.50 CANAL 4, Price per tinlre 3,762 1/. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway _Ay. 351. sh. 35 2,6115 n. Zt2l. 10s. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. (00 8.149 Thames ..nd sledway... Aver. 19/.55. tad. sh. 2 I,ooos h.l 1,0001.11.3 161 Warwick a.id Birmingham i 00/. sh 281 380 15s. Warwick and Napton lOO/.Bh. 96 6 6,000 4/.01. Worcest , r am: Birmingham...A v. 76/.Bs. sh 731 5,000 255. Wilts an., Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Sd. sh. 23 800 31. VI; yrley and Essington 1:25/. sh 75 126 ....... Wisbeach —losl. sh. 4a 905 it. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 22j DOCKS. 11,600 k 3p. e Commercial 'ool. sh. 56 1,065i5h East and West India Stock 110 3,238,3101/. 555. p.ct. London Stock CO Ditto Bonds lOl 2,209 2/. I9s. Bristol 68,324/. 5!. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts l'3 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 107 500,000 4j per oent. Ditto Bonds lO2 20',.1X10 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years l('o# 1.500 ..... Deptford I'iei 'O/. sh. 20/. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,600 les. liam tnersm it! 5Ol. sh. 221 7,231 Southwark, Old 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, °f7l r cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 16s. Sd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. OO/. pd IS) 5,000 16s. 4{l. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 171 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 5,541 17s Vauxhall Vaua _.._. ._. Av -rage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 23 ASSURANCE COMPAN:ES 2,001 31163 Albion 5001. sh. 501. pd 6 sc o w r 5 per cent./ Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 1001. pd 144 and 15s. 50,000 II per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. pd 04 24,000 41. per Rh. Atlas 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 141 1,200 ph. 51. Birmingham hire ' , 501. 5h..551. pd 104 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. pd 411 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50/, sh. 5/. pd 5; 5,000 51. percent. Clerical, Medi .al,&c. Life, ICOI sh. 2/10s pd 4 4,000 21 les County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 401 90,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 5!. pd 54 ~,„, r 5 per eenta "' /and 30/ bs. Economic Lilt. lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 375 2,971 225. percent. European Li. • ` , Ol. sh. all pd 22 60,000 2s. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 21. pd 1: 1,000,0001. 71. per ct Globe Stock 1434 20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 2741 pd 354 40,000 6s. 6d. Hope 2,400 51. 7s. 64. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 130 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 104 13,452 41. per cent. Indemnity Marine . lOO/. sh. 81. p 4 23 2,020 31 lOs Keat Fire 501. sh. all p 4 82 31. Ditto Life 79 10,000 163. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 33 5.000 10s. London, Fire 251. sh. 12/. 10s. p 4 1 , 4 3,901 10s. London, Ship 251 sh. 12/. 10s. pd 104 1,000,0011. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lib 50/. sh. 21. pd '2l Ss 04 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fite . °M. sh. 2!. pd 17, Od 2,500 11. Provi4ent Lite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,00 A ss. Bock Life 901. sh. 1/, pd 6; 639,2201 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Steck... 2254 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOO/. sh. 5/. pci 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. .h. 5/. pd 74 JOINT StOCK BANKS 75,000 I percent. Agric. and Cum m. gal reland 25/. sh. 101. pd 5,000 Australasia AO/. sh. 401. pd 65 10,./06 10 percent. Bank of Bit iningham 5ll. sh. 10/. pi 13 10,000 IS per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. .5/. pd 10 31,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster -100/ sh. 20/. pd 234 60,000 51. London Joint Stock 501. sh. 10/. pd 124 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 201. pd no 25,000 Liverpool 100/ sh. 101. pd 23: 100,000 74 per cent Manchester and Liverpool} Distrizt 5Ol. sh. 151 pd 20 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 1004 sh. 25! pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank •f 1 reland...loo/. sh. '251. pil 424 :o,r CO National Bank of Ireland ...5"1. sh. 1741. pd 17 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. ..1001. eh. 351. pd 344 10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10!. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAB LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. ___ 2,500 11 Si Od Bath _ 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 211 nfin f 5/.percent., 5 . - /and Bs. 6s. j Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pi 221 928 51 10 s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 98 1,250 210 s Bristol 1,500 3/ 10s Brighton 2O/. sh. 111 750 31 10s Ditto, New 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 90/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 51. Continental Consolidated 1,000 10/. City of London ...........»....1001. sh. all pd ISM 1,000 6J. Ditto, New • 100/. sh. 60/. pd 114 4,000 4/.los. Equitable 5Ol. pd 301 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 5/. per cent. Isle of "lhatiet 251. sh. 201. p 4 20 2,350 61. per cont. Independent 'lo/. sh. all pd 42 9,000 3/. per cent. Phwnix .. 5O/. eh. 39/. pi 22! 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 80/. pd 58 -- 4,0(10 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 17 5,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 461. pd 291 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 5/. per cent Wakefield 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12e. Ditto New 81.0 Yaraiouth. 20/. sh. 15/. pd WATER. WORKS. 1,801) 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/ pd 211 1,134 61. East London lOO/. sh. 160 5 ,500 21 10s Grind junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. eh. 591 2,000 2/. Kent 1001. sh. 43 372 101. Liverpool (tootle 2201. sh. 326 1 ,500 2110 c New River London Bridge Water Annuities 591 6,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. South Lonion lOO/. sh. 87 8,2114 4/, West Middlesex ....Average 63/. Its. 9d. eh. 115 1 .360 I/ 141 York Building Co. Lessee I'rop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 15, 0 00 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 15 pd 51 660 Calcutta and Saugus 5Ol. sh. 21. pd 04 7,500 Cheltenham and G.Western 1001. 5h.1121/. 11 1 3, 0 000 Clarence lOO/. sh, 100/. pd 411 00 8.000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 51. pd 3 60,005 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 714 pi 51 ...... ... Grand Junction 1001. sh. 951. pi 181 Great North of England IS!. pd 14 5,‘;30 Great Western lOO/ sh. 654 pd 8:1 2,000 II Artlepool 1001. sh. 1001. pd 10,1 8,000 Hull and selby 501. sh. 151. pi 91 10,001 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 2,1110 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby .. . lOO sh. l 6 1,500 1/.55. Leicester and Swannington ....50/. sh. all pd 75 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo( /.sh. 1001. p 4 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 61 16,000 ... ...... London and Brighten 5O/. sh. 11/ pd 9 12,000 London and Blackwall 5O/. sh. 31. pd 51 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "0/. s il. 201. pd 11. 25,000 London am! Birmingham -100/. sh. 904 pd 176 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/ pd 31 20,f 00 London and Southampton....'.o/. sh. 59/. pd 48 Ditto ditto New 11,018) London and Croydon Trunk !Cl ch. 2 , 4. pd 161 6, , 00 Ditto New Scrip "1 10s. pd i t ... ...... 12,000 ......... London Grand Junction 50!. sh. Si. pd 0 13,090 .. ...... Manchester and Leeds IOW. sh. 401. pd 541 10,0,0 M.,nche,ter and Birmingham 7t:/.sh. 10/. pd 101 North Midland 1001. sh. 45/. pd 471 Northe; n and Eastern.... 1004 sh. 15'. pd 7 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50!. sh 3 , 1. pd 361 28,000 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover 1, 0 00 IV. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 241 t 5,000 Thas.es Haven 5O/. sh 51. 10s. pd 0 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 2!. pd 0 6 , 0 00 ..... ..., York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121. pd 11 MINES. 8,000 A lbion Copper 5!. sh. 3i/. pi 12 1,040 I/. 55. A !ten 15/. sh. 121. lOs pd 12 __ _ . .. . . ... ._ . . . . 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. a ll pd 3 Ditto Subscription .25/. pa 31 2,000 11. BoLinos IW. sh all pd 70 10,000 11. 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm. .35/. sh. 20/ pd 18 6,0. 0 Macaubas & Cacaos United —.25/. sh. 2,'1. pd 10 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 9 01. sh. 144 ipd 51 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 201. pd 5 10,000 .... ..... Ditto Scrip 104 sh. 10/. pd 10 20,041 British Iron . 564 sh. 50/ pd 9,1 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 41/. pd 11 Cata Branca 61/. , d 71 Candonga 10,000 11 Copiapo ' , ol. sh, 13/. I'd 9 8,500 ... Colombian, iss. 51. pm....... 55/. sh. 55/. pd 31 2,850 3/. English 2J,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 17/. pd 101 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 5514 pd 5 3,000 . 1,500 ~. Real del Monte, Unregistered J)itto Loan Notes IW. pd 160 United Mexican, Assn pm —.40/. sh. all pd 2i Ditu. Scrip 2l Ditto New Scrip ;a pd 4 West ('ark .... ............_ stl/ sh. 50/. pd 33 3.1,000 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, _ i i .itoo London; with Bronze Ticket 75:5. sh. 1,500 Lond"n University It tft/. sh. all pd 70(1 Russell ‘ - 'sgs sh. King' College lOO/. pd MISCELL A N E.O 11 S 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural...loo/. sh 2(4/ pd 6,otht 41. per cent. British American Land Company 2B/. pd 10,000 61 per mit. Canada Comoany 1001. sh. 291 pd ino,ooo W. per cent. Upper Canasla Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent it, Gs. General Steam Navigation ...15/. sh. 14/. pd 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock IL London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. Caoutchodc Company 251. sh. 1241. pd National Loan Fur d 21. ss.:pd New Brunswiek Land Compass,' ...... W/.1.1 x 2,754 5 1 . per cent . Rever s ionary In t e r est 50c .. ,100/. sh. 1001. pd 1,e3:3 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 701_ p d 4,000 (0,000 Gs. Van Die nes.'s Land 1001. sh. 17/. pd :!0,000 2,000 0,000 5`;0,C0.4. ...... S 5 II :9 99 1061 24 ci MI 95 Si 11 LIST OF SCOTTISH 25. 13 COMPANIES' PRICES . AUG. .38. BANKS. ~ .0 1 , , noa iiv i 5 6 4 /. r ) : c e t l . R il' ::,: 001-ssccZtliAann(di £ 31. 6SloB4ol l s Phl a a l l i l p lA d 1 1 r21 '. . a n i en Company 500 1 1 00 . slh..shi.ool:ill pd 1;11 2401. 771 —.1004 sh. 101. pd 16/, A • 00 0, t, j, , :m NA clonal '''' lot el P.C. t Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 664 2, 0 0-'9 04 • 4 Ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 401. pd 521. 4,000,404 P. INSURANCE COMPANIES. . yof mons h GI p. ct. Scottish Union ..................201. sh. 14 pd sy, s -,500 tli p. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 101. pd 131 15‘. '- 3 ' ool 4 : 0 ° 4/ 1 . : :1. P. t... t. C i3 o r in n m sh er i ci infooo sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 91 Os, 50,000 6P. et. North British 20 0 1 . , h. 104 pd 184 1.00 , sp. et. Caledonian Fire 1 00!. sh. 10/. pd 191 5,000 0s f p. et. Faliol,urgh Life 100/. sh. 104 p4l 14110, 100,000 si P . ct. West of 5c0t1and..........., M15CELLANE0U5............ 101. pd 7t h Edin. dild Was. Un. Cana1...504 sh. all pd 104 Ditto Allocated .. . ... . ....... 9el. A. all 5,400 pd 604 5 per cent. Edinti. Joint Stock Water.... 254 sh. all pd 39 1 Carron Iron Company ........... sh. all ,, pd 441. , v „, sh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foun ttery 7 , W: 0 0 3 per coat. Edinburgh & Leith Glass...2oh sh. 16/. pa Si. 4,500 10 per ce.,-It. Edinburgh Coal Gas ............ 2.51. sh. all pd 601. 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas ...251. sh. all pd 13i4 4,450 754 , 17i per Cent. Leith Coal Gas ............. , . 204 all. all pd 461 too ... Edinburgh and Dall &gith . Railway...sol. sh 311 1. 1 . 000 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Cot an.. eh. pc! 94 114 4,810 ••• ••••• LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, SETT. 2I . • JOHN TITTAR'S BANI:P.UPTCY. A mce'ing cf the creditors of this h‘inkropt, dcscrib , d as a merchant," was lull to-day, for the further prof of debts and his final examination. Tile Solicitor to the fist said it was desirable that the bat k rupt should he examined previous to passing, as he had been informed upon pretty gocd autherity that he (the bankrupt) had stated a short time previous to his bankruptcy that tic SYS , worth 1,600/. ; that he had three lomdred valu•tble pictures, and a quantity of precious stories. Therefore, as nothing like this amount of property had been given up to the a•signees it was thought that an examit;ation was necessary. The bankrupt was then examined on oath, but most posi tively dallied that he ki pt back any property. With re_ ,hard to the pictz:re, he might have said they were worth ;300/., many t.f the pictures in his ci llection nhich be 11,d m Ric over to the assignees were honestly worth that sum, and others higher sums. Sir C. F. Wit.r.rAms hating interrogated the bankrupt on certain points, express,d himself satisfied, and should think it unneceisary to defer the bankrupt's last examination, as he was at present confined in the Fleet. Sir C. F. Wit.t.tA MS then gave orders that great care should Le taken as to the time when the pictures were put up tr, auc tion, as it might perhaps occasion a difference of fifty per cera. to the creditors. The lb will, Sir. My brother has in his pos session at the present time a picture which be purchased from Lord Radstock for 1,5001., and for which now he would be glad to take 4001. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—Indeed. What, some fault dis covered ? The Bankrupt—There is a suspicion as to the originality. After further conversation the bankrupt passed, and the meeting adjourned. CRIMINAL COURT-FRIDAY. OLD COURT. (Concluded from our First Edition of Yesterday.) Several witnesses were called on the part of the two de fendants as to their general character, which was described as being of the most humane and kind description. Mr. Justice VAUGHAN in his charge said he trusted that the jury had (if they had not before) since they had come into the box, divested their minds of every prejudice that had been made upon them. The case in his opinion presented no point of difficulty. The question for them to determine was whether the young men at the bar had gone down for the purpose of aiding and encouraging Mr. Eliot. If they entertained any doubt upon that point, they were bound to give the prisoners the benefit of that doubt. The Jury then retired, and in about twenty minutes re- turned, finding both prisoners Guilty. The Foreman then said that he was requested by his brother jurors to say that they were not influenced in the decision they had come to by any paragraph which had appeared in the newspapers. He was also instructed to state to the Court that the Jury felt great abhorrence at the conduct of Mr. Scott in the entire transaction, and their great regret that he had not been placed at the bar with the other prisoners. Mr. Justice VAUGHAN said he perfectly concurred in this last observation of the Jury. Mr. CHAMBERS begged, before the Learned Judges pro ceeded to pass sentence on the prisoners, to say that the pro secutor, the brother of the deceased, recommended them to the consideration of the Court. Mr. Justice VAUGHAN—We intend that the verdict shall be recorded, by which the prisoners lives will he spared. The Learned Judge, then addressing the prisoners, observed, " It is our intention to recommend that you should be suhjected to a term of imprisonment. You are now in the hands of the Executive, and any application for a mitigation of the sen tence to be pronounced upon you must be directed to the Se cretary for the Home Department." The prisoners were then taken from the bar. John Selby, aged 33, was found Guilty of cutting and wounding Thomas Barlow, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prisoner was sentenced to a year's imprisonment and hard labour. NEW COURT. Mary Ann Hazlitt was indicted for stealing a half-crowq and other money, the property of Elizabeth Rice, on the Isth instant. The prosecutrix, a married woman, was found drunk in the street at three o'clock in the morning, and was locked up in the station-house at Bow-street, where the prisoner was con fined in the same cell. When she awoke sober at six o'clock she missed her money. By Mr. DOANE.--I had half-a-crown, a shilling, and three pence halfpenny in copper. I had been visiting a friend near Portland-place, and went out of my way to Finsbury by going to Covent-garden. I know it was too bad to be found drunk at such an unseasonable hour. The COMMON SERGEANT said the prosecutrix must come in with clean bands—there ova; no felony proved, and he won dered how the case came there. Mr. DOANE—This is the poor woman you may have read about in the Newspapers, who, being deserted by the father of three children, was advised to place them at the door of their grandfather, a respectable tradesman in Soho, as the Poor-law guardians refused her aid; and the person who so advised her was a magistrate, notwithstanding which she was taken into custody. The Jury acquitted the prisoner, and the prosccutrix was refused her expenses. A constable belonging to the Poor Law Union here stood forth, and said, " My Lord, I have a warrant to apprehend the prisoner for deserting her three children." COMMON SERGEANT—Who are you ?—A constable. Alderman HARMER—Has the Union relieved her ?—No. COMMON SERGEANT—This will not do. We will render you no assistance. Directions were then given that the poor woman should make a safe exit out of Newgate without molestation. Christian Smith was indicted for stealing ten pounds of cochineal, value 41., and six pounds of saffron, value 51., the property of Messrs. Davy arid Macmurdo, his employers, and TV. Hutchinson, alias Clift, was charged with receiving the same, well knowing the property to have been stolen. The Jury convicted both prisoners. The COMMON SERGEANT told Hutchinson, alias Clift, that he was well known. The judgment of the Court was, that he be transported for fourteen years, and Smith for the term of seven years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man of respectable appearance and connections, named Benjamin Parker, was brought before Alderman HAR MER (the Lord Mayor having been entyaged at Christ's Hos pital), cha-ged with having committed forgery. Mr. Nobler, jun., for the prosecution, stated that the pri soner carried on business as a wholesale grocer, and that the prosecutor was Mr. Hulbert, the well-known tea-broker in Mincing-lane. The prosecutor had had several dealings with the prisoner, and in the course of the transactions negociated a bill for him to the amount of 1571. 3s. 9d., which bill pur ported to be accepted by Mr. F. Cooper, grocer, Wandsworth. The bill was not yet due, but it was discovered that there was no such person as Mr. F. Cooper, grocer, of Wandsworth. The prisoner having in a short time become involved in debt to the amount of from 12,0001. to 15,0001, a commission of bankruptcy had been taken out against him. Mr. Hulbert, however, upon finding that the bill was a forgery, caused him to be apprehended. Mr. Hulbert had not claimed under the commission, and was perfectly at liberty to cause the prisoner to be apprehended. Mr. Hulbert knew the prisoner, who called himself a whole sale grocer, about three months, and purchased sugar Er him. On the 11th of August witness discounted the bill in question to accommodate the prisoner, having deducted the discount. It was afterwards ascertained that there was no such person as the acceptor, " Mr. F. Cooper, grocer, Wandsworth." Here the bill, which was made payable at No. 205, High street, Borough, was produced. The prisoner was remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr. Briggs, landlord of a small public-house in Brick_ street, Piccadilly, was summoned before Mr. CHAMBERS and Sir GEORGE FARRANT, for having, as alleged, neglected to provide " proper accommodation" far a stiff sergeant billetted upon him. The sergeant said the defendant had appointed a room as his sleeping apartment in which there were three other beds. This was not " proper accommodation," inasmuch as he was entitled to a room to himself, he being a sergeant, and fre quently having considerable sums of money in his care. Mr. Briggs could not give the sergeant a private room, un less he vacated the only room occupied by himself and wife. The room which he had provided for the sergeant was per fectly clean, the bed had clean sheets, and no roan need desire to sleep in a better. The Sergeant was liable to be interrupted by drunken per sons at night, who would perhaps do as they did at a house Where he was recently billetted—come to his bed, and, by vt ay of a lark, threaten to kick him down stairs. He was entitled by the Act of Parliament to a room to himself. Mr. CHAMBERS saw nothing in the Act of Parliament which bore out the Sergeant's assertion. In the present case he ryas o f opinion the landlord was not bound to provide a Ser geant with a room to himself, and as the accommodation, with the exception of other beds., was not objected to by the Sergeant, lie must decide for the landlord by dismissing the summons. MA RYLEB ONE. Yeiterdav, , a shabbily-dressed man, who gave his name David MiDonald, was placed at the bar before the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. SIIUTT, charged with having obtained money and wearing apparel under false representations, from Mr. James Handley, harp manufacturer, 28, Grafton street, Fitz roy-square. The prisoner, who sometimes passes himself off as Thomas Hogg, and at other times as Henry William Spencer, has for a long period been connected with a gang► of fellows, who, by means of begging letters and petitions, succeeded in obtaining contributions from the charitably disposed to a considerable amount. Mr. }Lindley stated that about nine months ago the pri soner, whom he had no recollection of ever having seen before, entered his house, and afttr familiarly accosting him with a " Ah, how d' ye do ?" said th :t he was in the greatest possible distress, at the same time beginning to cry, and sobbing forth that neither he, his wife, nor his three poor dear children had partaken cf a morsel of food for nearly two days ; he had been for some time past in Middlesex Hospital, where he had under_ gone some very painful operations, none of which had cured hi,n, and he stns tarrui that he .htui!d be a cripple for life , U. der tl.e , e eircum •t.me, s he was decrowz , if obta;ning a S rna ; ll -1( . 11 !Ct enlbie him to r ach id, snd i the f. , el t , 1,41 . 11.4 Fo he tutllt !Lob:0)1y meet With home rsiista..:c•e tronlhis° relm6ons aid krid, sre3 l6 Mr. SUCTT —When he addres,eJ you io the way 3c'°„ „;,,e of, di you not ask hi.n what tr ho •:.:tor• 01' how n e htfr , ? Prus Tutor—l did. He raid he ST" a 4 maker, and had worked for Mr Strnmpff, who had rencivoi him so frequently that lie could not think of nitPliing tOrked ag,in. H e a l so sa id th a t h e k new me f i om my illving►"Which sonic years ago for a person whose n a m e and acijiTss, were quite correct, he mentioned. Mr. StlCTT—What did you give bitn on thin occasion • Prosecutor—Half- a-crown, and desired hittl to be: with fne,i' the following morning, when I would further adininistef try "" wants. Ile c.ined at the time appointed, and then pir o ' S •nt, d with half-a so , yreign, frgether with 00 181 4 j . ban lies of decent wc.cring apparel rof himself and familYi expri as d his gratitude for the g:ft, and ititt !Ira Owe. Stf o n t af,cr this I called op in Mr. Strumpff, who inforito l hat the s aterneut of the prisoner was false, no such :' ef q4 having ever been in hi s em pl o‘men t. I n a b out t w to !Twit— ,fter This, during my absence from home, he left a paper at eV house, setting forth that the Edit:lv-0 castle, in which h e and his family hal embarked, wa, unlyippiiv wrecked, and th , t two of his children had perished in the waves. My wif e sired him to wait upon me on the next day, and in the !Tw ie # , time I held commonication nit') the Mendicity Soc iet t; chief clerk, who directed Ho rs f or d, a n aCtive officer e t. t " - / stablishment, to secrete hims e lf on my p eethiNts, in ord i i, that the impostor might be secured; he did so, bLti Me P t '' soner never came. Mr. SHUTT—FIow did you get hold of him at last? Pre ge d i cutor—l yesterday saw him pass my d oo r, w he n I ran out, an having seized hi n. gave him into custody. H I (/tifsford proved that the prisoner was an o ld and inse-- hand at practising the system of fraud in question. The case being cl any proved, the pri,oner, sib , w ade . , wry lame defenc e, uas committed t o hi s o ld quartet's' House of Correction, for three months. Shortly after he was locked up, his wife and all there of h it children came into the office yard, when the former called It to him, " Well, David, how much h a ve y o u g o t ?" to wh ich the prisoner replied, " Three months, my dear Mary , a nd all through that gossamer." Q UEEN- SQUARE. William Angar Dry' James Angar w ere y es t er d a y plac i d at the bar, charged with having esc.tped from the gaol of Sa fron Walden, Essex. Mr. WHITE ordered tire prisoners to be taken back to saf iron Walden gaol in safe custody. On Thursday morning, about t en o ' c l oc k, ve' ll le policeman Lipscornbe, A 24, was going his round within the inclosure in St. James's Park, he perceived something tioe tillg on the surface of the water, whi c h, on b e i ng d ra wn to tl?ee shore, appeared to be a bundle of rags. On opening it P t. discovered that it contained the body of a fine f e male infa n ., He immediately conve3ed it to Mr. MgClann's, the s urgeon l a Parliament-strect, who, on examini ng t h e b o dy, discove r that it had been strangled, and sa id t h at i n hi s long e s, rience he had never witnessed s uc h a mo d e o f produciofi death—strangulation having been effected by the child's oW e navel-string. The umbilical cord h a d b een separated eirr to the placenta, and by turning it round the neck, then tin is the left arm, and again round the neck, it formed Whe t c‘lled a figure of 8 knot. The body appeared to hare be ea , about six or eight days in the water. It was wrapped in fo piece of old linen and a piece of silk. The police ha; this clue whatever by whi c h t o di scover t h e perpetrato r of t to I , unnatural deed. The body was ta k en to t h e wor khouse, await the coroner's inque s t, w hi c h was h e ld l ast n i g ht, e iv ffi c o the Jury returned a verdi c t o f " Wilf u l M ur d er aga inst °— person or persons unknown." _ . • At Cardiff, on Sunday, the 2d inst., Th o mas Mat thews, alias Mathias, a carpenter, was apprehended for ha" ing inflicted a dangerous wound upon the body of John o°Pn kins, a labourer, on t h e prece di ng n i g h t a b out half -past te- o, o'clock. It a pp ears t h at b ot h part i es were acquainted with servant girl in the e mpl o y ment o f M r. t3i of Cardif f, tba Matthews, who was t o h ave embarked ro g r g a s ' long vorg e ship's carpenter on the M on d iy f o ll ow i ng, h ad met h e r for t h - i : purpose of taking leave, and that he was walking with ho arm round her waist in an o b scure street, w h en Hopkins' - had previously been with h er on t h e same eve ning, ° e e them ; a dispute an d scuffle instantly ar os e between the young men, during whi c h th e woun d was i n fli cte d uPenA„co side of Hopkins, with a sharp instrument, so as for some to cause serious apprehensions f or hi s lif e . H e was ilnl nel ately carried to the Cardiff I n fi rmary , w h ere h e n ow lies g" -„- dually recovering.— Cambrian. As a man named Salter, in the employ of M l. ' Ward, painter of this town, was on Thursday last, endeavone „,rci from ing to procure a ladder a hay loft at Seend, he stePg, upon a decayed joist, which gave way, and precipitated to the floor of the stable. I n hi s d esce nt his head came 1,0 contact with the manger, with so much violence, as to n su a fracture of the basis of the skull, and a considerable ho norr„ (sage from one of his ears ; and from that hour to the r e m sent the poor man has been a state of total insensibility. Th e , e is very little hope we fear of his recovery. —Devizes Gazet` THE REI'AVEMENT OF OXFORD-STREET'" . This subject, which has been before the Marylebone during the last eighteen months, in as many or more al f en - Tit:form! ? was again discussed on Thu rs d a y, at a s f ecia Vestry held for that purpose by requisition. Mr. Lowee k the Chair. It will be remembered that on Wednesday "f• a tender of Mr. Mowlam, to repave the street for the sum, "f 27,0001., was agreed to at a Special Vestry by one, and confirmed on Saturday last by the same majority fl.t pre vioel . one by the Chairman's casting vote, he having voted as a vestr) man. On Tuesday a meeting of the inh sh _ bitants of Oxford-street was held in Holles-street, Cavee di . e a square, when some strong resolutions were agreed to, and especially to support the interests of the residents at the 1 1 cial Vestry held yesterday, when a strong degree of act! was displayed by the two parties of paviors and non - P aYl !f it as they are called. There was as much canvassing ag I i s • had been an election for the borough, and noble lords, ri b ' a trates, indeed every vestryman, was eagerly sought a fter. the gallery was crowded to excess, and for the time of Ye a t hat t hat vestry-room was very well attended. Mr. Jackson moved l a st so much of the proceedings of Wednesda and Saturd a y be as related to Mr. Mowlam's tender to pave Oxford-strediv rescinded, which was seconded by Mr. Large. Aft c ,, r .i az ier: a nlajority. cussion, in which Mr. Kensett, Mr. Joseph, M r. and Mr. Clapp, and others took part, the motion was puts gO , upon a division th e num b ers were—for it, 39; aga inst I were M tjority, 9. The Vestry are now precisely w here theY reet . eighteen month s ago with respect to the paving of the 5t A short time since some gentleman in St. Jal nes b a il street, placed a t arge t a t t h e b ac k part of a house, tefiretbrY at, for their amusement , a thin partition of wood (w hich e gee , were: unconscious of) s ep arat i ng t h e wor k s h op o f Mr' fli r' a s tailor of Pall-mall, w h ere t h ere were upwards of thir t Y, — a nd work at the time, th e b a ll passed through the partitiontbee, slightly injured one of them. The alarm caused all 0f dig' to scamper of!, fearful of a second shot. The gentlem en .hed covering their mistak e , o f course immediately relinquislere their dangerous amu sement, an d all further acc idents prevented. HORIZONTAL FLAT WATC_llo;ered with accurately finished j ewe ll e d movements, warran t e d, ar' s prie e in Silver cases, p r i ce Fi ve Gu i neas each ; or in Gold ea' r . 100 4 Nine Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Watchmak er ', (CO ler, and Silv ersm i t h , 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Door Gracechurch-street). N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in excha_l:„....... BIRTHS. i rogoor' On the 19 t h inst., at Muswell Hill, Mrs. George A• '' of a son. Geor ge At Hayerferdwest, on the lith inst., the lady of Henry mei, Fownes, Esq., o f Bedford -street, Bedford-square, of a d a l e gel'. At the Vicarage, L a pl ey , on t h e 15 t h i nst., t h e l a dy of t James Be ws h er , o f a d aug h ter. On the 19th inst., th e l a d y o f W . Rogers, Esq., G9 l.ll b ra-street, of a daughter. the Jadi °I On the 19th inst., at Hendon House, Hendon, Thomas Leader Hamm,daughter. of J ao On the 20th inst., at St. Andrew's-place, the 'rife 0 Cochrane, Esq., of a son. • a k, I°(9‘ On the 20th inst., at Osnaburgh-street, Regent's P r Henry Tribe, of t. son. ____.---- • MAR R IE D. B r itig g i On the 20th i ns t., a t. Lit t l e Burstead, Mr. George hter °- of Lenha m Cottage, Ingatestono, to Eliza, eldest daub Thomis Mayott, E sq ., of Little Burstead. On the 19th inst., at Sv anscombe, Kent Mr. Georg e lat e of Liverpool-t errace , Islington, to Harriot ,. , d a ughter of John Brady, E q . f;54 On the 15th inst., at Minto House. Ralph Abercrorel s eld er' Ler Majesty's 'Minister at Fl orence , 1• !Mary Eil i° " daughter of the Earl of Alinto. af r e On the 20th in s t., at S t. G eorge ' s, Middlesex, '"-* of t he Foulger, of the ab ove gar i s h, to El i zabeth, eldest d a ughtr late Charles 11u.,her, Esq., , of Woolwich. On the 20:h inst., at St. Geor • ge's, Hanover-square, 50. Old of the Strand, to Arabtila, eldest daughter of Mr. stailley' o res Bond-street. to_l l :_sg tos o . On the 20th inst., at St. Mary's' Church. Bryan.' William Charles Woodroffe, Esq., of Gloucester-place, I:lE,,ber' square, to Isabella Caroline, second daughter of the la' Chester Coope r , E sq ., o f L ewes , S ussex . Tann er ' On the 20th inst., at. St., Afary's, second son of William Young, Esq., Highbury-grang e, t beth, sixth daughter of Robert Heintz, Esq. of Cate suit .1, On the 20th inst., at. Nloitlake, the Rev. of 13 1 6 6 c 3 , ° , 1j ter Rector of Edmonshan, Dorset, to Anna Maria, eldest JO' William Turton, Esq., cf East Sheen, Surrey. 11r• V eda ei tin the 18th inst., at St. Clement 11111e5 Church , ..,. u ,,hter Islington, Williamto min Bennett, of the City, to Mary Ann Taylor, second 6 " Gene the late Mr. Geor,g-• Baxter, of the Strand. On the 17th inst., by special license, at Mailing, S uss g e l 7 rmi ces ' rat Sir Fitzroy Grafton Maclean, of Maclean, Bart. , ~orY, widow of the late Henry Campion, Sussex. On the 19th in s t., at Chur i c ) h l i:t p w, Fulham, E lizabeth ' relict °f the late Joseph Roe D.U. a .( l ll l n i . fa ' x tal , giee ‘ ' ' l l l c s3 a s r t On the 15:it inst ' 1 Amsterdam, the Rev. Alexander ' of Fulham - , aged 82. n ploto On the 20th of Standish, Glut Rev. Robert son, of Stamfor inst.,itlst., at the Vicarage House, the cesters.nre. Ari rc° John r ik the ile f On the • • in inst.. t i the Vicarage, h _. c _, 0 . d eldest daughter of Mr. Pni;ip Hunt, D. C.L., Prebendary of Canterbury and Ar' Aylsham. r o. London: P r i n t e d an d P u bli s hed by MURISO7IL OVN G ' c ouratY 112, Strand, a t The Sun Office, No. 112. Stran d, in the of Middlesex,—Saturday, September V,18343.